12 Facts About Interstate 278

I-Interstate 278 follows several freeways, including the Union Freeway in Union County, New Jersey; the Staten Island Expressway across Staten Island; the Gowanus Expressway in southern Brooklyn; the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway across northern Brooklyn and Queens; a small part of the Grand Central Parkway in Queens; and a part of the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx.

I-Interstate 278 was opened in pieces from the 1930s through the 1960s.

In New York, the various parts of I-Interstate 278 were planned by Robert Moses, an urban planner in New York City.

Two segments of I-Interstate 278 have had different route number designations formerly planned or designated for it.

Later, I-Interstate 278 was planned to follow the Bruckner Expressway and the Sheridan Expressway to I-95 before the current numbering took place by 1970, with I-895 designated onto the Sheridan Expressway.

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The six-lane I-Interstate 278 turns to the east past this point, with Gannon Avenue serving as a frontage road, and reaches the Bradley Avenue exit.

Past this, I-Interstate 278 passes over the Staten Island Railway rapid transit line.

Immediately after, I-Interstate 278 reaches the former toll plaza for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, where electronic toll collection is in effect for the westbound lanes.

At this point, I-Interstate 278 becomes city-maintained again and passes under the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line as it continues into a depressed alignment.

I-Interstate 278 turns west to run along the eight-lane state-maintained Grand Central Parkway, with Astoria Boulevard serving as a frontage road.

At this interchange, I-Interstate 278 has access to I-295, I-678, and the Hutchinson River Parkway.

Original four-lane Goethals Bridge, which predated the I-Interstate 278 designation, was replaced with two new three-lane cable-stayed bridges, each carrying traffic in one direction.